Female Assassins And Their Intended Victims

History shows us that the vast majority of assassins are male. Every now and again, though, the fairer sex let the side down (or not, depending on your perspective).

However, there is a lamentably short list of female assassins in the annals of history and - more often than not - they fail to kill their intended target. Perhaps that is nothing to be ashamed of, after all. Here, though, are 10 of history's female assassins and their intended victims.